After going five months without a permanent chief executive, McAfee on Monday named Dave DeWalt to be its new president and CEO.

DeWalt is scheduled to start on April 2 and is also expected to be appointed to the McAfee board of directors, McAfee said in a statement. Most recently, DeWalt was president of customer operations and content management software for EMC.

DeWalt has more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry, including in engineering, product management, marketing and sales management positions. He was CEO at Documentum, a content management company acquired by EMC.